Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-10-27
THURSDAY. OCT. q. 1887.
NO. 359.
lCoNxuxrcarRn.

men with a little smatterinC In III
line ofeducation aud law spread therI
selves out so big in pswsra4ev as I
forget the snblsc. at hand and acains
whom they are writing. Such i Ia
case with John n. Graves in the las
E,sfsrprtse He leaves me and III,
subject Of his defence and takes n,
Mr. A. Burroughs, a man quietly at
tending to his own business and in a.
way connected with my communica
tion. / feel able to defend myssl
against man like Mr.. Graves. and. n
necessary, to defend Mr.. Burroushs
whose reputation and standing in The
community is beyond Mr.. Grave . cen.
sure or reproach. The more he Ia:
/ 20 say about Mr.. Burroughs the bet.
ter the opportunity ] shall have e
defend him.
took occasion to interrogate Mr..
Burroughs at his house if he INTENDED
to notice the article over the sigma
ture of John N. Graves. He answer
ed that he had something else TO do
and would not condescend to notice
him-that he had already been una.
voidably drawn disgracesully in con-
tact with him for the past year and
the assertion that he succeeded in get.
ting Messrs. Camalier and Magruder
to desert them and also approached
Messrs. Morgan and Combs for the
same purpose is lie.
Mr.. Gaaves speaks Of Mr.. Bur.
rough's honest occupations. To these
] cannot see why be should concern
himself (unless envious). He makes
an honest living and pays his honest
debts, Il wish could say the same for
MIR. Graves), except when John n.
Graves wants to make some money
out Of him. He takes an irrespon J.
tie weapon, held by the hand of an
irresponsible wife. and gets COMBS"
to expound the married woman's law
lfor him. to fight him with. Then
like a cowardly rooster that had
whipped his fellow bird, whilst span
cied and tied by the shackles of ire.
sponsible parties and mar. led women
laws. surmounts the topmast roost of
the Enterprise and crows aloud Of his
victory. Shame
He tells the verdict-which Mr..
Burroughs is not the least effected
by-but fails to tell it is assigned to
himself, 10. F. Morgan and Robert G.
Combs, attorneys. would ask, why
not let the poor man and woman have
1t it ne is so kind to the poor ?
Messrs. Morgan and Combs were sim.
ply Graves attorneys) that they might
pay Mr.. Burroughs the judgments he
has against them. Why did he not
tell in his communication that Mr.. |
Burroughs furnished Mattingly and
wife fer two years their meat, sugar,
flour, coffee and even stronger drinks?
Also, furnished their guano and paid
their farm hands, furnished cart and
team to haul t-eir wood and even
cow to give them milk to feed their
children upon for two years, the two
latter items made no charge for Why |
did he not tell thet they pledged by
verbal agreement their crops for pay
ment for these things and why did /
be not tell, that instead of paying Mr.. |
Burroughs his account of some $500, |
that the record will show that he bill !
Of sailed to WIN. F. Mattingly the crop |
for $500, bill of sailed toJ. J. Cough 3 |
hoi ses, bill of sailed to Jos. III. Key one |
yoke of oxen? Then damaged Mr.. |
Burroughs farm or 4 hundred dol. |
lars more, moved away his Bur
rough 81 share of the crop due for rent, |
for which he had valued and distrain.
ell for.
John n. Graves then brought suit |
against Mr.. Burroughs for two thous.
and dollars damages for selling one
old broken-down wagon appraised at
ten dollars, one OK cart at twenty-five
and 2 hogs at three dollars each-to.
tai. forty-one dollars. shall say
nothing against the jury, but if they
knew things as do Can eyewitness
aud uninterested) they would have
cause to regret their verdict, which
goes to counsel if the Judgment is af.
firmed, an appeal having been taken
and granted. Mr.. Graves said that
last Winter | refused my per diem as
a witness at the command of Mr.. Bur-
roughs. say this is false. refus-
ed the amount offered me because
was not entitled to ii as due from Mr..
Burroughs. would infer from Mr..
Graves assertions that he is too far
from the truth to meet his friends on
the field of honor, much less his eue-
mics, and that st. Mary's county (us-
ing the language of Judge Brook
would do well to pay the suits Mr..
Graves had brought against Mr.. Bur-
roughs. st. Mary's taxpayers are at
least 10 to IL hundred dollars out to
pay Court expenses and Mr.. Graves
and his client not one cent in. But
he had few cases in Court and SUP.
pose this will compensate him.
Respectfully,
GEo. w. MORGAN.